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<h2>f_findfirst</h2>
<p>The f_findfirst function searches a directroy for an item.</p>
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FRESULT f_findfirst (
  DIR* <span class="arg">dp</span>,              <span class="c">/* [OUT] Poninter to the directory object */</span>
  FILINFO* <span class="arg">fno</span>,         <span class="c">/* [OUT] Pointer to the file information structure */</span>
  const TCHAR* <span class="arg">path</span>,    <span class="c">/* [IN] Pointer to the directory name to be opened */</span>
  const TCHAR* <span class="arg">pattern</span>  <span class="c">/* [IN] Pointer to the matching pattern string */</span>
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<h4>Parameters</h4>
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<dt>dp</dt>
<dd>Pointer to the blank directory object.</dd>
<dt>fno</dt>
<dd>Pointer to the file information structure to store the information about the found item.</dd>
<dt>path</dt>
<dd>Pointer to the null-terminated string that specifies the <a href="filename.html">directory name</a> to be opened.</dd>
<dt>pattern</dt>
<dd>Pointer to the nul-terminated string that specifies the name matching pattern to be searched for. It is referred by also subsequent <tt>f_findnext</tt> function, so that the string must be valid while the successive function calls.</dd>
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<h4>Return Values</h4>
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<a href="rc.html#ok">FR_OK</a>,
<a href="rc.html#de">FR_DISK_ERR</a>,
<a href="rc.html#ie">FR_INT_ERR</a>,
<a href="rc.html#nr">FR_NOT_READY</a>,
<a href="rc.html#np">FR_NO_PATH</a>,
<a href="rc.html#in">FR_INVALID_NAME</a>,
<a href="rc.html#io">FR_INVALID_OBJECT</a>,
<a href="rc.html#id">FR_INVALID_DRIVE</a>,
<a href="rc.html#ne">FR_NOT_ENABLED</a>,
<a href="rc.html#ns">FR_NO_FILESYSTEM</a>,
<a href="rc.html#tm">FR_TIMEOUT</a>,
<a href="rc.html#nc">FR_NOT_ENOUGH_CORE</a>,
<a href="rc.html#tf">FR_TOO_MANY_OPEN_FILES</a>
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<h4>Description</h4>
<p>After the directory specified by <tt class="arg">path</tt> could be opened, it starts to search the directory for items with the name specified by <tt class="arg">pattern</tt>. If the first item is found, the information about the object is stored into the file information structure. For more information about file information structure, refer to <a href="readdir.html"><tt>f_readdir</tt></a> function.</p>
<p>The matching pattern can contain wildcard characters (<tt>?</tt> and <tt>*</tt>). A <tt>?</tt> matches an any character and an <tt>*</tt> matches an any string in length of zero or longer. When support of long file name is enabled, only <tt>fname[]</tt> is tested at <tt>_USE_FIND == 1</tt> and also <tt>altname[]</tt> is tested at <tt>_USE_FIND == 2</tt>. In this revision, there are some differences listed below between FatFs and standard systems in matching condition.</p>
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<li><tt>"*.*"</tt> never matches any name without extension while it matches any name with or without extension at the standard systems.</li>
<li>Any pattern terminated with a period never matches any name while it matches any name without extensiton at the standard systems.</li>
<li><a href="filename.html#case">DBCS extended characters</a> are compared in case-sensitive at LFN with non-Unicode configuration.</li>
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<h4>QuickInfo</h4>
<p>This is a wrapper function of <a href="opendir.html"><tt>f_opendir</tt></a> and <a href="readdir.html"><tt>f_readdir</tt></a> function. Available when <tt>_USE_FIND &gt;= 1</tt> and <tt>_FS_MINIMIZE &lt;= 1</tt>.</p>
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<h4>Examples</h4>
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<span class="c">/* Search a directory for objects and display it */</span>

void find_image_file (void)
{
    FRESULT fr;     <span class="c">/* Return value */</span>
    DIR dj;         <span class="c">/* Directory search object */</span>
    FILINFO fno;    <span class="c">/* File information */</span>

    fr = f_findfirst(&amp;dj, &amp;fno, "", "dsc*.jpg");  <span class="c">/* Start to search for photo files */</span>

    while (fr == FR_OK &amp;&amp; fno.fname[0]) {         <span class="c">/* Repeat while an item is found */</span>
        printf("%s\n", fno.fname);                <span class="c">/* Display the object name */</span>
        fr = f_findnext(&amp;dj, &amp;fno);               <span class="c">/* Search for next item */</span>
    }

    f_closedir(&amp;dj);
}
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<h4>See Also</h4>
<p><tt><a href="findnext.html">f_findnext</a>, <a href="closedir.html">f_closedir</a>, <a href="sdir.html">DIR</a>, <a href="sfileinfo.html">FILINFO</a></tt></p>
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